Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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