Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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