Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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