Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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