Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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