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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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