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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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