Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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