Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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