Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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