Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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