Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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