Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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