Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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