Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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