Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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