Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes 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 open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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