Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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