Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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