Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world 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 online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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