Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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