Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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