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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always 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 online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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