Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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