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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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