Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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