Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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