Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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