Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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