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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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