Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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