Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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