Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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