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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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