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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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