Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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