Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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