Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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