Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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