Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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