Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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