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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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