Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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