Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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