Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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