Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education enable people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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