Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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