Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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