Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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