Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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