Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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