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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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