Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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