Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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