Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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