Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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