Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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