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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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