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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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