Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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