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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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