Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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