Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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