Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the 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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