Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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