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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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