Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always 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 a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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