Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important 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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