Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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