Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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