Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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