Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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