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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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