Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes 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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