Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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