Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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