Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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