Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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