Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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