Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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