Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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