Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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