Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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