Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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