Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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