Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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