Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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