Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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