Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines 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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