Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning have enabled students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches 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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