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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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