Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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