Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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