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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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