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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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