Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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