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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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