Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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