Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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