Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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