Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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