Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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