Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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