Learn more about this thought-provoking 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 (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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