Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free 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 lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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