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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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