Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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