Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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