Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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