Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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