Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are typically 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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