Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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