Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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