Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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