Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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