Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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