Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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