Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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