Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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