Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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