Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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