Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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