Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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