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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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