Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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