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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major 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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