Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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