Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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