Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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