Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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