Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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