Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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