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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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