Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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