Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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