Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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