Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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