Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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