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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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