Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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