Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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