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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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