Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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