Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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