Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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