Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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