Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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