Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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