Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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