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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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