Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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