Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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