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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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