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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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