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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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