Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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