Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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