Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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