Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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