Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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