Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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