Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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