Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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