Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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