Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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