Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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