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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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