Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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