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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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