Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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