Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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