Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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