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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology enable learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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