Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes 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 online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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