Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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