Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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