Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually 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 variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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