Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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