Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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