Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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