Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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