Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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