Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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