Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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