Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the 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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