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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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