Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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