Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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