Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses 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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