Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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