Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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