Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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