Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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