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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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