Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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