Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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