Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning enable students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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