Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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