Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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