Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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