Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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