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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Learning Theory (education)