Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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