Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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