Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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