Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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