Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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