Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. 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. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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