Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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