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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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