Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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