Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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