Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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