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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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