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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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