Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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