Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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