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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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