Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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