Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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