Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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