Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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