Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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