Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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