Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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