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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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