Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always 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 elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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