Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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