Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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