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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are 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 many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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