Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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