Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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