Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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