Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners 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 a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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