Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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