Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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