Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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