Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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