Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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