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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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