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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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