Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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