Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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