Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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