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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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