Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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