Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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