Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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