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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are 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 many issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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