Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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