Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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