Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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