Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes 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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