Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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