Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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