Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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