Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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