Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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