Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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