Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What 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 institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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