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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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