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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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