Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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