Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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