Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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