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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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