Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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