Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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