Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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