Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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