Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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