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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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