Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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