Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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