Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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