Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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