Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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