Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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