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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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