Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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