Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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