Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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