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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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