Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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