Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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