Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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