Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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