Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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