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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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