Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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