Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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