Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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