Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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