Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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