Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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