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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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