Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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