Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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