Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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