Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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