Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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