Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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