Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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