Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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