Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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