Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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