Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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