Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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