Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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