Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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