Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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