Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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