Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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