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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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