Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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