Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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