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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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