Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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