Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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