Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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