Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes 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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