Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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