Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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