Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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