Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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