Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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