Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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