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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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