Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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