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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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