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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the most important 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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