Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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