Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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