Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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