Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. 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 online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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