Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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