Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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