Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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