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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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