Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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