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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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