Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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