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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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