Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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