Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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