Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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