Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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