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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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