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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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