Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand these open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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