Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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