Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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