Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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