Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major 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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