Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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