Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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