Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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