Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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