Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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