Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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