Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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