Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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