Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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