Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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