Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly 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 many issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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