Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners 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 several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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