Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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