Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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