Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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