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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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