Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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