Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. 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 classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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