Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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