Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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