Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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