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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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