Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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