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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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