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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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