Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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