Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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