Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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