Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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