Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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