Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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