Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning enable students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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