Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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