Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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