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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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