Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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