Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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