Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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