Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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