Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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