Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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