Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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