Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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