Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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