Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different 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 institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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