Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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