Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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