Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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