Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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