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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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