Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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