Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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