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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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