Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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