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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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