Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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