Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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