Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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