Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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