Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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