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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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