Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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