Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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