Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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