Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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