Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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