Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are generally free 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 many topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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