Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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