Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also studies the 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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