Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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