Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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