Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates 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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