Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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