Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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