Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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