Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key 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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