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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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