Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the 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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