Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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