Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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