Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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