Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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