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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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