Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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