Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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