Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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