Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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