Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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