Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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