Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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