Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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