Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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