Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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