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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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