Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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