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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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