Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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