Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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