Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not 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 distance learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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