Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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