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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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