Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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