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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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