Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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