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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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