Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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