Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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