Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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