Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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