Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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