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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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