Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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