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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students 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 several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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