Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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