Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. 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 massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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