Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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