Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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