Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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