Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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