Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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