Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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