Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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