Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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