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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses 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 massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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