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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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