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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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