Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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