Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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