Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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