Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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