Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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