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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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