Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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