Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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