Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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