Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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