Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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