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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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