Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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