Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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