Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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