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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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