Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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