Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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