Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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