Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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