Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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