Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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