Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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