Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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