Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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