Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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