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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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