Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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