Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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