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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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