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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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