Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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